GERŠLOVÁ, Eva and Jan SCHWARZBAUER. Hydrocarbon-based indicators for characterizing potential sources of coal-derived pollution in the vicinity of the Ostrava City. Environmental Earth Sciences. New York: Springer, 2014, vol. 71, No 7, p. 3211-3222. ISSN 1866-6280. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2709-0.
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Original name Hydrocarbon-based indicators for characterizing potential sources of coal-derived pollution in the vicinity of the Ostrava City
Authors GERŠLOVÁ, Eva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jan SCHWARZBAUER (276 Germany).
Edition Environmental Earth Sciences, New York, Springer, 2014, 1866-6280.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 1.765
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/14:00075268
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2709-0
UT WoS 000333014500019
Keywords in English Coal-derived contamination Emission sources PAHs Biomarker Sediments
Tags AKR, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Coaly material enters various environmental compartments from different emission sources and on diverse pathways. The complexity of both the emission processes and the quality of contamination in the Ostrava region avoids a simple source correlation for coal derived pollution. Hence, this study focused on the application of different geochemical approaches for source apportionment using bulk parameters, aliphatic biomarkers and source specific PAH ratios. Major aim was to prove the effectiveness of the applied methods for characterizing the impact of coal derived contamination in complex emission systems such as in the Ostrava region. Individual emission sources were discriminated sufficiently by TOC vs TEH relationship and two-dimensional correlations of PAH ratios. Additionally, aliphatic biomarkers revealed individual signatures for all classes of samples and pointed to a widespread distribution of fossil material also in the hydrosphere. On the contrary, indicative PAH ratios documented a dominance of pyrogenic over petrogenic derived organic matter in the lake sediments investigated. These contradictory descriptions demonstrate clearly that only a comprehensive application of different marker systems allows a detailed view on the quality and quantity of coal derived pollution. Lastly, it remains unclear whether coaly material in aquatic sediments acts as sink or source for PAHs. A proposed indicative marker, the ratio of retene over phenanthrene, failed.
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